Where should a student like me apply for pre-pharmacy/bioengineering/biology?

sheplaysviola
Sun, 15 May 2011 21:12:04 +0000

I’m a junior girl in high school in Minnesota. My unweighted GPA so far is 3.53 (awful, I know) and my ACT composite is 32 (33 English, 28 Math, 33 Reading, 32 Science). My SAT is 2100 (730 Reading, 630 Math, and 740 English/Writing). I plan to take one of them again at the end of the year, shooting for a 33 or 34 or a 2200ish. I just took the SAT Subject Tests in Biology-E and Lit, and am planning to take Biology-M and Math II and pick twoish to send in. My school does not count freshman year since freshmen take classes in the middle school buildings.

Sophomore year:
Varsity Choir
Enriched (same as most school’s Honors) English 10
Functions, Stats and Trig (math that most juniors take, so it’s advanced)
AP World History (sophomores were only allowed to take AP history)
Enriched Chemistry
Philharmonic Orchestra
Spanish III

Junior year:
AP US History
Precalculus (math that most seniors take)
Enriched Biology
Concert Choir
Symphony Orchestra
AP American Literature
Enriched Spanish IV

Senior year:
AP World Literature
AP Psychology, then AP Comparative Gov. and Politics second semester.
AP Spanish IV
AP Calculus AB
AP Environmental Science OR AP Biology
Concert Choir

Extracurriculars:
I ran track during spring of freshman year
I’ve been doing theatre in the fall and spring (mainly backstage and pit orchestra; planning on performing more next year) since sophomore year
I’ve been doing mock trial since freshman year
I’ve been volunteering at the local hospital since start of sophomore year
I plan on doing a program of some sort this summer at the University of Minnesota–something to do with biology, pharmacy or bioengineering.

I’m a Commended Scholar. As for race, I’m Middle Eastern.

…So what are some schools I should apply to/could probably get into? I’m thinking I want to be pre-pharmacy and/or major in something to do with biology–possibly bioengineering. I want to be at a bigger public school. I like the idea of being in a big city, but location isn’t a big deal to me.